PMO is now getting noticed? Or, becoming controversial? As we go to press we learn the Prime Minister has constituted a group under the leadership of the Finance Minister to study the post-G2 issues. This is a wise step. The UP election is the only time when India was seen active and engaged. There were…
Electing a new President of India
Let no one do the same mistake as did in 2007 Indian Parliament celebrated its 60 years with due solemnity and appropriate protocols. What was noticeable in the speeches of leaders, from the Prime Minister to Sonia Gandhi and even the Opposition leaders was the stark fact that none of them recalled any of the…
Indian Parliament celebrates 60 years.
Citizens voices be better organised in India in silent protests like the one just now held in Moscow and Madrid! Pious speeches were made by the leaders who lacked all legitimacy and credibility See the sort of symbolism the celebration carried! First, the President of India who is the very symbol and embodiment of the…
“Small is Beautiful” Business models for agribusiness development!
The big disconnect! Agriculture and the private investments. ICAR is another world, alient world, as far as farmers investing in agribusiness venture. There is one body, called, Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium! What it has done? Precious little, shall we say? So to there are so many ICAR-funded bodies in Hyderabad. Oh, so many to name…
Poverty is surely declining in India?
Why our honble MPs got so angry with the Planning Commission experts? Still we need economists and highbrow theorists! Here are two experts! Prof.Ashish Bose, my friend A demographer and an activist! Another, very highbrow, Esther Buffalo of MIT! It was nice to see an interview with Prof.Ashish Bose in the Business Standard the other…
So, the Supreme Court directs the river-interlinking project!
What the Supreme Court order mandates? It should be tried this time in a time-bound manner! Yes, the Supreme Court has to come to the rescue of the country’s water-starved people and the farmers! Supreme Court, as a legal expert notes decides finally everything. The Constitution lays down the basic rules. But it is the…
India is of course on the move!
India is not losing its magic; let us tell The Economist magazine cover story! But beware foreign media’s clever portrayal of India! There is not one word about Indian’s successful IT revolution, you know? Indian media is also ambivalent! There are corporate interests and other vested interests! So, independent opinion must be carefully assessed! Yes,…
Fatigue in policy making?
Yes and No! Ground level realities gives hope and much optimism, we have to admit! Yet, the new urban migration pace is a sure indicator of India’s strong growth potential! From the budgets to target fixing to every department From poverty estimates to fixing rate of growth to coal and oil blocks auctioning you see…